Mexican journalist released after 24 hours in prison

July 11, 2012 10:27 AM ET

Prominent
Mexican journalist Sanjuana Martínez was arrested
on July 5, 2012, in the state of Nuevo León under unclear circumstances related to a civil custody
dispute, and was released from jail the following day, according to news reports.
Martínez was detained by armed police, which is unusual in a civil case, the
reports said.

The
judge who ordered the journalist's detention had been the subject of earlier reporting
by Martínez, news reports said. The journalist, who writes for the daily La
Jornada, had reported critically
in 2008 on Judge Guerrero Delgado's role in ordering a raid on a center for
victims of domestic violence.

Martínez
wrote on her website after her
release that both the judge and her ex-husband, Carlos Castresana, a prominent
Spanish judge, were present at the time of the arrest. In a July 10, 2012, editorial, Castresana
wrote that he had asked the court to intervene after Martínez had allegedly
refused him visitation rights of their children.

Delgado
ordered Martínez imprisoned for up to 36 hours, news reports said. The police
did not provide a warrant or a reason for the arrest at the time, news reports
said.

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